1945
to 21st Century
Victors, Colonialism and Cold War to 1975
The United Nations -- the founding, Roosevelt's hopes denied and the veto
Cold War: 1945-49 -- Stalin, Europe, the U.S. and revolution in China
The Korean War -- occupation, China intervenes,
negotiations
Cold War: 1953-60 -- communism and the Eisenhower years
Cold War: 1961-75 -- from President Kennedy to the fall of Saigon
Latin America and New Directions in the U.S. and Europe
Latin America -- Peron, Cuba to 1960, Argentina, Chile, et cetera.
Africa and Asia
Japan, from 1946 into the 1990s -- from hunger to
economic boom. Failed radicalism. Yukio Mishima
India and Pakistan -- Democratic India. Untouchables. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan
The Middle East
The Iranian Revolution -- the Shah against
dissent, victory for Islamic reactionaries
The Middle East, 1979-2000 -- the Siege of Mecca, intefadas, to the attack on the U.S.S. Cole
Science and Philosophy
Philosophers -- Camus, Sartre, Arendt, Heidegger, Popper, Ayer
Judge Not ... " -- a modern interpretation of cmmonly misinterpreted ancient Christian wisdom
Inventing Morality -- the individual, the Roman Catholic view, moral relativism, government and democracy
Religion
Religious Trends and Justifications -- radio, television, non-denominational celebritihood, theology, the Apocalypse